Posts Tagged ‘quality assurance online courses’
August 17 - Ensuring Online Course Quality Requires Constant Vigilance
By: Jennifer Garrett in Distance Learning Administration
Online programs are under a microscope. Some school faculty and administrators are concerned with maintaining academic quality, while others have already identified problems with quality and integrity. Negative media exposure has caused accreditors and other stakeholders to scrutinize online learning, and college and university administrators know that they need to respond.
July 11 - Ensuring Online Program Quality with the eQuality Model
By: Mary Bart in White Papers
Despite the challenges, it is possible to maintain academic rigor and integrity even though instructors and students are scattered across the state, across the country, or even across the world. This report will explain how to gather, analyze, and apply data that will lead to a better online experience for students, faculty, and staff.
March 3 - Ensuring Quality of Online Programs
By: Christopher Hill in Distance Learning Administration
In an email interview Richard Schilke, EdD, associate dean for online Liberal Arts and Sciences at the Open Campus of Florida State College at Jacksonville spoke with Distance Education Report about the importance of a continuous process improvement plan for online programs, and how the eQuality model addresses these needs.
November 9 - ‘Managing Online Education’ Study Sheds New Light on the Operations Side of Online Programs
By: Mary Bart in Online Education
A survey of senior campus officials responsible for managing online and distance education programs revealed some interesting findings, including almost half of the participants not knowing whether their program is profitable.
July 30 - Online Instructor Success: What’s It Take?
By: Mary Bart in Online Seminars
Did you know that there are currently more than 100 specific competencies that have been determined to be instrumental for online teaching success. If distance education is a critical part of your school’s future or your personal career path, this is one seminar you don’t want to miss.
March 11 - Why You Need an Online Course Template: Q&A with Renee Cicchino
By: Christopher Hill in Distance Learning Administration, Instructional Design, Online Education
An online course template can bring greater efficiency and quality to online courses. Renee Cicchino, senior instructional designer at Seton Hall University’s Teaching, Learning and Technology Center, shares some of the benefits and challenges of online course templates, and explains why she prefers the Quality Matters rubric.
